Killmonger’s World

Posted by on May 16, 2018 in Articles, Featured, Human Rights | 0 comments Donald Trump has now assembled a cabinet of men that have elevated violence to a supreme virtue at home and abroad. Men like Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, and Trump himself. They are all firm believers in armed domination. In this respect, they share an unlikely bond with Erik Killmonger, the villain of the movie Black Panther. He’s an angry orphan who has been rejected by Wakanda, the magical...
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Trump to the International Community: Drop Dead

Posted by on May 16, 2018 in Articles, Featured, Human Rights | 0 comments Donald Trump has a plan to solve America’s drug crisis: kill the drug dealers. “We have pushers and drugs dealers, they are killing hundreds and hundreds of people,” Trump said at a recent White House summit on opioid abuse. “Some countries have a very, very tough penalty — the ultimate penalty — and by the way, they have much less of a drug problem than we do.” Trump claims he...
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Trump’s Majoritarian Dream

Posted by on Apr 8, 2018 in Articles, Asia, Featured, Human Rights, Russia and Eastern Europe | 0 comments Washington and New Dehli are having a mutual lovefest these days. Donald Trump is popular in India — where only 17 percent of the population considers the president “intolerant,” compared to a global average of 65 percent — and he has warmly welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House. Both leaders are eager to bump up bilateral security cooperation to the next...
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Trump and the Iran Protests

Posted by on Mar 2, 2018 in Articles, Featured, Human Rights | 0 comments The last time Iranians went out onto the streets in large numbers, they were protesting what they thought was a stolen election. It was 2009, and hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had convincingly won the presidency with roughly 63 percent to reformer Mir-Hossein Mousavi’s approximately 34 percent. Adopting their campaign’s green color, Mousavi’s supporters thronged the streets in...
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Engaging North Korea Successfully on Human Rights

Posted by on Dec 28, 2017 in Articles, Featured, Human Rights, Korea | 0 comments North Korea has the worst human rights record of any country in the world except perhaps Eritrea and Syria. There is, however, a curious exception to this record: disability rights. This case offers a powerful counter-example of successful engagement in an arena where the country normally experiences nothing but universal condemnation. For nearly two decades, outside NGOs have been working with...
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Engaging North Korea Successfully on Human Rights

Posted by on Nov 11, 2017 in Articles, Featured, Human Rights, Korea | 0 comments North Korea has the worst human rights record of any country in the world except perhaps Eritrea and Syria. There is, however, a curious exception to this record: disability rights. This case offers a powerful counter-example of successful engagement in an arena where the country normally experiences nothing but universal condemnation. For nearly two decades, outside NGOs have been working with...
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